Thanks to Mike for the following:

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"I bought the car in Rouen back in February 2003 having seen an advert in "La Vie De L'Auto" and making contact with the owner. I went over by train and foot passenger on the ferry, did the deal and drove it back. The vendor assured me he was only the second owner, and that it came from the Nantes area, but I have no way of verifying this.

 

 

It is very original, with the pre-war tubular seats, original headlining, etc, etc. and some nice period Robri extras like the door 'flashes', wing protectors, exhaust trim, and the casting over the starting handle aperture in the radiator grille.

I have treated it to an engine rebuild and a new gearbox (the old one did the broken cwp and split casing trick!), as well as a rewire and various other odds and ends. It goes back to France fairly frequently, and gets used an awful lot because I just enjoy driving it!

Originally a 7 'Eco', but the 1911cc 'Perfo' engine now fitted carries a 1939 casting date, and I suspect it has been in the car many years.

 

 

'Susanna'  or '3267' is a 1935 Renault Paris bus, owned by a lovely man called Robert Jowitt who lives on the Isle of Wight and has four of them!

 

He bought it straight out of service circa 1969 and drove it back to the UK after twenty minutes instruction round the bus depot! It is a lovely old thing, and this type of bus lasted on the streets of Paris until 1970 - petrol engine, crash gearbox, no power steering, no servo on the brakes ........ imagine that today!

Robert has written several books on old transport including "Paris Is Well Worth a Bus", now out of print, but features many period shots taken in and around Paris of various buses and often with Tractions and the like in the frame as well.

 

The photos were taken at 2009 "La Vie en Bleu" at the Bugatti Owners Club, Prescott, Gotherington near Cheltenham.

 

Thanks to Mike for submitting these pictures

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